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Top 8 IT certifications in demand today

CIO

CompTIA A+ CompTIA offers a variety of certifications for IT pros at every stage of their IT careers, and the CompTIA A+ certification is its entry-level IT certification covering the foundations of hardware, technical support, and troubleshooting. To earn your CompTIA A+ certification you’ll have to pass two separate exams.

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Big Data Engineer: Role, Responsibilities, and Job Description

Altexsoft

That’s why a data specialist with big data skills is one of the most sought-after IT candidates. Data Engineering positions have grown by half and they typically require big data skills. Data engineering vs big data engineering. Big data processing. maintaining data pipeline.

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The Good and the Bad of Docker Containers

Altexsoft

Today, systems may include diverse components from JavaScript frameworks and NoSQL databases to REST APIs and backend services all written in different programming languages. What’s more, this software may run either partly or completely on top of different hardware – from a developer’s computer to a production cloud provider.

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The Good and the Bad of Hadoop Big Data Framework

Altexsoft

What happens, when a data scientist, BI developer , or data engineer feeds a huge file to Hadoop? Under the hood, the framework divides a chunk of Big Data into smaller, digestible parts and allocates them across multiple commodity machines to be processed in parallel. How data engineering works under the hood.

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2018: A Year in Review for Storage Systems.

Hu's Place - HitachiVantara

For lack of similar capabilities, some of our competitors began implying that we would no longer be focused on the innovative data infrastructure, storage and compute solutions that were the hallmark of Hitachi Data Systems. A midrange user now has access to the same, super-powerful features as the biggest banks.

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The Good and the Bad of Python Programming Language

Altexsoft

This compact, low-level language runs on a Python virtual machine (PVM), which is software that mimics the work of the real hardware. By contrast, a low-level language offers little to no human-readable elements, as it sits close to hardware and is often optimized for a specific CPU (central processing unit.). Dynamic semantics.

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The Good and the Bad of Apache Spark Big Data Processing

Altexsoft

Its flexibility allows it to operate on single-node machines and large clusters, serving as a multi-language platform for executing data engineering , data science , and machine learning tasks. Before diving into the world of Spark, we suggest you get acquainted with data engineering in general.